Package to Uttarakhand

Package to Uttarakhand

Consequent to the June 2013 Uttarakhand disaster, the Government of India had approved a medium and long-term reconstruction package to assist the State. This package was taken by erstwhile Planning Commission (now NITI Aayog) on 9th December 2013. The package includes the following assistance from the GOI:

i)    Specific relaxation in guidelines of Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSSs): Specific relaxation in the existing guidelines of CSS [viz; Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Scheme (AIBP), Flood Management Programme (FMP), Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) & Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Employment of Adolescent Girls (SABALA) and Indira Gandhi Matritva Yojana (IMGSY)] were applicable in all the disaster affected areas in the entire State of Uttarakhand.

ii)    Assistance under Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSSs): Concerned Central Ministries earmarked central outlays under respective CSS for an amount of Rs. 1884.92 crore allotted during the financial years of 2013, 2014-15 and 2015-16 within its overall budgetary allocation for the 12th Five Year Plan.

iii) Assistance under Central Sector (CSs): An amount of Rs. 50 crore allotted under Central Sector Plan Scheme during the financial years of 2014-15 and 2015-16 within its overall budgetary allocation for the 12th Five Year Plan for establishment of “Environment Research and Training Center at Dehradun”.

iv) Assistance under Special Plan Assistance (SPA): An amount of Rs. 1100 crore allotted under SPA during the financial years of 2014-15 and 2015-16 for reconstruction work restricted to five districts in Uttarakhand. The GOI released Rs. 1100 crore (Rs. 165 crore during 2013-14 + Rs. 495 crore during 2014-15 + Rs. 116.22 crore during 2015-16 + Rs. 323.78 crore during 2016-17) to the State on this account.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply to question by Shri Mahendra Singh Mahra in the Rajya Sabha today.